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Audiobook for 20 Hours in the car with teenage son
Posted on 4/10/24 at 9:23 am
Posted on 4/10/24 at 9:23 am
My teenage son and I are heading to Tennessee for a mountain bike clinic this weekend. We will be in the car for about 20 hours over the next 72 hours or so. I listened to Kitchen Confidential on our last road trip, and he ended up just putting his airpods in and listening to music.
Topics he likes: outdoors, alternative history (hippies, punks, untold stories, etc..) music (jambands, bluegrass, niche music scenes), self-help stuff (like Goggins).
Any thoughts on good listens? If nothing shows up, we'll probably listen to a ton of Deadcasts and phish shows. I've thought about doing some Malcolm Gladwell (probably Outliers) or something like that which has interesting stuff to discuss.
Topics he likes: outdoors, alternative history (hippies, punks, untold stories, etc..) music (jambands, bluegrass, niche music scenes), self-help stuff (like Goggins).
Any thoughts on good listens? If nothing shows up, we'll probably listen to a ton of Deadcasts and phish shows. I've thought about doing some Malcolm Gladwell (probably Outliers) or something like that which has interesting stuff to discuss.
This post was edited on 4/10/24 at 9:26 am
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Posted on 4/10/24 at 5:07 pm to hogfly
I'd put something funny on. Like the Bobiverse, Expeditionary force or Space Force.
Posted on 4/11/24 at 1:23 am to hogfly
How about Hardcore History? Carlin does a good job of presenting alternative viewpoints but sticking to the facts. Another is "Empire." Jocko Podcast did a great episode with the dude from Free Solo (over 3 hrs). That's about as squishy as I get, which is certainly almost not good enough given the fact that you mentioned Phish. But I tried.
I do not get how hippies, jambands, and bluegrass are mentioned in the same sentence. But that's your kid's preference, so not my job.
I do not get how hippies, jambands, and bluegrass are mentioned in the same sentence. But that's your kid's preference, so not my job.
Posted on 4/11/24 at 8:11 am to LemmyLives
Hah. Not familiar with how the folk music and bluegrass scene fed into the psychedelic music scene? Jerry Garcia was a huge bluegrass fan before he was ever in the Dead. Like he travelled around to bluegrass festivals and made audio recordings. He also played banjo and performed in quite a few bluegrass bands. Bluegrass is, at the end of the day, “jam” music heavy on improv.
He’s like me, though, that he gets obsessed with a subculture or genre and then just deep dives into it.
And I did consider Carlin. I might look into what he’s covered recently. I haven’t listened to him in a while.
He’s like me, though, that he gets obsessed with a subculture or genre and then just deep dives into it.
And I did consider Carlin. I might look into what he’s covered recently. I haven’t listened to him in a while.
This post was edited on 4/11/24 at 8:15 am
Posted on 4/11/24 at 11:26 am to sertorius
Oh man! That's a great idea. I've seen that podcast and been intrigued before. And we're driving into some appalachian shite as well. Great rec!
Posted on 4/11/24 at 1:17 pm to hogfly
One Second After. It’ll scare him shiteless.
Posted on 4/12/24 at 3:21 pm to hogfly
The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday was motivational and entertaining.
I also enjoyed Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology.
I also enjoyed Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology.
Posted on 4/12/24 at 9:53 pm to hogfly
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Any thoughts on good listens?
Going Home series by A. American.
Have fun at the clinic. There's nothing like MTB.
Posted on 4/13/24 at 3:04 pm to hogfly
Posted on 4/13/24 at 3:17 pm to TFTC
Love Terry Allen and didn’t even realize this book existed. Going to have to read ir myself if we don’t listen to it.
Posted on 4/13/24 at 9:38 pm to hogfly
Id find some podcast channels on the subjects he is interested in and rotate thru a playlist
If he was interested in literature, there are lots of great audio books.
Dune
Lord of the Rings are just a couple that spring to mind.
If y'all are religious or spiritual there are many fantastic books that are actually easier listened to than read. Same is true of classic literature, at least for me.
Just make sure you aren't listening to an archaic translation in 14th century English...
If he was interested in literature, there are lots of great audio books.
Dune
Lord of the Rings are just a couple that spring to mind.
If y'all are religious or spiritual there are many fantastic books that are actually easier listened to than read. Same is true of classic literature, at least for me.
Just make sure you aren't listening to an archaic translation in 14th century English...
Posted on 4/18/24 at 10:24 am to hogfly
My advice is to fly.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 10:49 am to geauxpurple
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My advice is to fly.
We travel with bikes, which makes flying (and car rental / ground transport for the bikes) a pain. In all honesty, unless I can get a direct flight... I'm driving anywhere I can get to in 12-16 hours these days. I enjoy being in my car. I do not enjoy being in a plane or an airport. I also like to be in control, not subject to the capricious whims of weather and flight delays.
This post was edited on 4/18/24 at 10:50 am
Posted on 4/18/24 at 10:53 am to hogfly
He had an. essay he was working on for English for the first half of the trip there, so we talked through a lot of that for several hours. Then he had his headphones in because he was typing. I ended up listening to first season of Old Gods of Appalachia. I'll likely be breaking that out more in the future.
On the way back, another teen who was at the training camp needed a ride back home (he needed ot get back to school, and his ride wasn't going home until next day). So they talked so much that I didn't want to start something that required listening. When they fell asleep, I listened to a few music podcasts.
Thanks for all the suggestions, though!
On the way back, another teen who was at the training camp needed a ride back home (he needed ot get back to school, and his ride wasn't going home until next day). So they talked so much that I didn't want to start something that required listening. When they fell asleep, I listened to a few music podcasts.
Thanks for all the suggestions, though!
Posted on 4/20/24 at 7:07 am to hogfly
I would suggest shorter shows on interesting topics, have him play you some of his music he likes and you play him some of yours. Something to spur conversation- you won’t have him as a captive audience that often so don’t waste it sitting in silence listening to a audiobook
Posted on 4/20/24 at 12:28 pm to hogfly
Late to the party but have you considered a foreign language tutorial like Rosetta Stone? (There's another one that my wife really likes but I can't remember the name.) Anyway, those seem much more effective with two people. It kind of becomes a competitive game.
Posted on 4/20/24 at 6:00 pm to hogfly
I once rode up to Washington DC from BR with my dad to meet the rest of the family that had gone ahead. For two days I listened to my music. Most of it on my headphones. Made him listen to it when I didn’t have headphones on. We didn’t ignore each other but didn’t really talk that much. This was 1996. He died in 2005. I think about that missed opportunity to talk with my dad without others around more often than you’d believe. Do not frick this up.
Posted on 4/20/24 at 6:06 pm to SidetrackSilvera
Thanks for all the advice. We spend a LOT of time in the car together traveling for biking. We ARE about to get to the point that he does trips on his own, but we are fortunate to get to do a lot of long road trips together and as a whole family with mom and sibling along as well.
You all are right though, in podcasts I listen to, a lot of pro racers reminisce on how amazing it was to travel so much with their dads for racing in their youth. It’s a pretty precious gift.
You all are right though, in podcasts I listen to, a lot of pro racers reminisce on how amazing it was to travel so much with their dads for racing in their youth. It’s a pretty precious gift.
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